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Chang-Yu Chang 張昌祐
My research interest lies in the intersection of systems biology, microbial evolotion and community ecology. I am interested in combining theory and experiment to study how microbial communities assemble and evolve.
Education
Ph.D. Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yale University
New Haven, CT
now - 2017
- Predicting microbial commnity assembly and function under selection
- Advisor: Dr. Alvaro Sanchez
M.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2017 - 2015
- Thesis: Near-infrared modulates burying behavior in burying beetles
- Advisor: Sheng-Feng Shen
B.S., Life Science
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2015 - 2011
- Math and computational courses oriented
Selected Publications, Posters, and Talks
Engineering complex communities by directed evolution (2021). Nature Ecology & Evolution
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01457-5
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2021
- Chang-Yu Chang*, Jean C C Vila*, Madeline Bender, Richard Li, Madeleine C Mankowski, Molly Bassette, Julia Borden, Stefan Golfier, Paul Gerald L Sanchez, Rachel Waymack, Xinwen Zhu, Juan Diaz-Colunga, Sylvie Estrela, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, Alvaro Sanchez
- * contributed equally.
Directed Evolution of Microbial Communities (2021). Annu. Rev. Biophys.
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-biophys-101220-072829
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2021
- Alvaro Sanchez, Jean C C Vila, Chang-Yu Chang, Juan Diaz-Colunga, Sylvie Estrela, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez
Artificially selecting bacterial communities using propagule strategies (2020). Evolution
https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14092
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2020
- Chang-Yu Chang*, Melisa L Osborne*, Djordje Bajic, Alvaro Sanchez.
- * contributed equally.
Ecological effects of cellular computing in microbial populations (2018. Natural Computing
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-018-9708-8
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2018
- Maia Baskerville*, Arielle Biro*, Mike Blazanin*, Chang-Yu Chang*, Amelia Hallworth*, Nicole Sonnert*, Jean C C Vila*, Alvaro Sanchez
- * contributed equally.
Fellowships, Grants, and Travel Funds
Government Fellowship for Oversea Study
Taiwan Ministry of Education
N/A
2020 - 2017
- $126,000
Graduate Student Attending International Conference
Taiwan Ministry of Education
N/A
2016
- $1,000
College Student Research Scholarship
Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology
N/A
2015 - 2014
- $1,200
Teaching Fellow Experience
Biology Of Terrestrial Arthropods
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
- Lecture TF
Laboratory for Biology Of Terrestrial Arthropods
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
- TF, organized field trips, and conducted demo experiments
Laboratory for Evolution & Functional Traits
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
- TF, organized field trips, and conducted demo experiments
Biostatistics
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2016
- TF and lectured basic R
General Botany Lab
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2015
- TF and lectured lab experiments
Academic Awards
Best Poster Award
College of Life Science, National Taiwan University
Taiwan
2016
- Scientific poster
Dean’s Awards
College of Life Science, National Taiwan University
Taiwan
2015
- ranking top 5% in the class
Presidential Awards
National Taiwan University
Taiwan
2014
- ranking top 5% in the class
References
Dr. Maria Rebolleda-Gomez
Ph.D. lab colleague
N/A
- Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
Dr. Sheng-Feng Shen
M.S. advisor
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- Research Fellow (Professor), Academia Sinica in Taiwan